The Tibetan Plateau region has strong seismic activity, which is driven by the subduction collision between the Indian plate and the Eurasian plate and the internal deformation of the plateau. A total of 5030 earthquakes of magnitude M≥5.0 have occurred on the Tibetan Plateau and surrounding areas (20-40°N, 70-105°E) . Historical records since the present ( December 2021), including 20 earthquakes of magnitude M≥8, 154 earthquakes of magnitude M=7.0-7.9, 913 earthquakes of magnitude M=6.0-6.9, and 3943 earthquakes of magnitude M=5.0-5.9. The earthquakes occurred mainly along the large faults zones around and within the Tibetan Plateau.

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Wang, J. (2022). Catalog of destructive earthquakes on the Tibet Plateau since historical records. (-326~2021). A Big Earth Data Platform for Three Poles, DOI: 10.11888/SolidEar.tpdc.272827. CSTR: 18406.11.SolidEar.tpdc.272827. (Download the reference： RIS | Bibtex )

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1. USGS Earthquake Catalogue of the United States (https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/search/)( View Details | Bibtex)

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